tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post6162105101532352764..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: What happened next? XVIITom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-56858012790588396442011-05-12T11:53:32.935+01:002011-05-12T11:53:32.935+01:00Howdi second anonymous. Thanks for dropping by.
...Howdi second anonymous. Thanks for dropping by.<br /><br />EJH will be back tomorrow with a follow up post that will - I expect - make everything clear.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-45386483512558642432011-05-11T22:10:46.498+01:002011-05-11T22:10:46.498+01:00Oh (says the second anonymous). Well maybe, aware ...Oh (says the second anonymous). Well maybe, aware of the trick just mentioned, he played 1...Qa1+ 2 Kg2 Qb2+ 3 Kh3 Qf6, hoping that White would try the same 4 Nxf5 Qxf5 5 Bg4 only to lose after ...Qxg4+ ?<br /><br />Or not. Come on, give the answer. We're not going to guess it or look it up. (that would be first anonymous)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-24633662950247392222011-05-11T15:09:56.001+01:002011-05-11T15:09:56.001+01:00An interesting concept perhaps only refuted by the...An interesting concept perhaps only refuted by the fact that it is Black's move.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-54951501724089922142011-05-11T14:21:39.649+01:002011-05-11T14:21:39.649+01:00Well (says a different anonymous), I'd go 1 h3...Well (says a different anonymous), I'd go 1 h3, threatening 2 Nxf5 Qxf5 3 Bg4 which looks hard to meet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-53912266430648289192011-05-11T10:24:24.211+01:002011-05-11T10:24:24.211+01:00The first comment, which kindly avoided letting th...The first comment, which kindly avoided letting the computer give us the answer - thanks, much appreciated - also alludes to the backstory, which in its way is as interesting as the answer itself. <br /><br />But we will get on to that on Friday.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-39179558451328805492011-05-11T09:27:08.308+01:002011-05-11T09:27:08.308+01:00Considering comments to the last post, it seems co...Considering comments to the last post, it seems computers can help with WHN?s as well as adjournment analysis!<br /><br /><br />JJonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-14494336456496349182011-05-11T09:15:58.402+01:002011-05-11T09:15:58.402+01:00Looking the position up in the databases tells us ...Looking the position up in the databases tells us the when, where and what happened next. Contemporary reporting in the BCM doesn't mention anything special about the game other than to draw attention to the originality of the opening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com